Huge Amounts of Love
May 2023
| Home Group
The gifts of kindness and patience that go into sponsoring come back in ways we can’t imagine
Not giving up
September 2022
| Young & Sober
She got sober online and met her sponsor in the park. She even listened to meetings as she fell asleep at night
Open for Business
September 2022
| Young & Sober
Feeling all alone in a college town, she and some other young AAs came up with a plan
Texting for my life
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
Her thumbs keep this newcomer centered, humble and connected. But most of all, they’re keeping her sober
10 years of love
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
Sponsoring someone takes on a posturing of offering and accepting. How fortunate it is that AA gives us these relationships to ensure that we’re never alone.
Wrapped in Fellowship
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
Being a sober AA member doesn’t mean I will have a life free of trials and tribulations, but what it does give me is a Fellowship I can rely on.
Green Pastures
January 2022
| Beginners
A farm boy shares how he took the seed someone planted and got five decades of a meaningful sober life
It’s a way of life
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
Woodstoves, rides with strangers, wonderful friends and lots of coffee. An oldtimer remembers the early days
Make me a Channel
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
How a sponsor’s suggestion to meditate on a prayer led him on a path to peace, love and a sense of belonging
Dear Grapevine
February 2020
| Tough Times
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
The Carry the Message Project focuses on getting Grapevine and La Vina subscriptions to alcoholics in need. It's not necessary to know the recipient! Sponsor a subscription for someone behind bars, in a treatment facility, nursing home, or who is homebound.